Counter-shaft for machinery



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COUNTER SHAFT FOR MACHINERY.

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ATENT CHARLES HENRY RUSSOM, OF SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS.

COUNTER-SHAFT FOR MACHINERY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,804, dated December23, 1884.

Application filed September 13, 1884.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. RUssoM, a citizen of the United States,residing at Springfield, in the county of Sangamon and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCounter-Shafts for Machinery; and I do declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invcntion,such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersor figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a vertical sectional view of my device, andFig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional viewtaken through the hanger-pin and oil-boxi' e -7. ,7

This invention has relation to counter-shafts, and is applicable to allkinds of machinery where reversible motion is required and where themotive power is communicated by belting.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, strong, and positiveconstruction adapted to be used with a single belt, to secure theforward or backward motion of the countershaft.

The invention consists in the construction and novel arrangement ofdevices, as hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the appendedclaims.

In the accompanying drawings, the letters A, B, and 0 indicatemiter-wheels, and G the casing inclosing them, having the door 0.

H is the shaft, which passes through the casing G.

D, E, and F are three pulleys on the shaft, the pulley D, however, beingplaced on the extended hub c of the miter-wheel O, and being securedthereto by the key 8.

I is a stud or hanger-pin, having a collar, 0'. The horizontalmiter-wheel B turns on this stud, and engages on one side themiter-wheel A, which is secured to the shaft H by the key 7:, and on theother side the miter-wheel O, which turns on said shaft, but is securedto the pulley D. The stud or hanger-pin I is (No model.)

transverse set-bolts a (1, extending through apertures in the saidbranch arms. The pulley E is a loose pulley, and is located between thepulley D and the pulley F, which is secured to 5 5 the shaft H by thekey Q.

On the shaft H is a collar, which is de signed to reduce the frictionbetween the pulleys D and E.

J represents a bracket through which the shipping-rod Z passes, and h isthe handle of the belt-shipper. If the backward motion of the shaft isdesigned to be more rapid than its forward movement, this can beaccomplished by the introduction of an extra wheel.

L indicates the sleeve arranged upon the shaft H between the mitergearsA and C, and is provided on its upper horizontal side with verticalapertures '12, which are enlarged at their mouth portion, so that theymay readily receive the oil or other lubricant as it falls from theupper horizontal miter-gear, B, the same being carried to this gearthrough the engaging vertical miter-gears, as shown. Thus it willbe-seen that when oil or other liquid lubricant is placed in the box Gthe vertical gears therein will convey it to the horizontal engaginggear, from whence it will fall into the apertures of the sleeve L and bereadily discharged and distributed throughout the main shaft, therebylubricating the various parts of the device as well as the gears withinthe oil-box. The oil is placed in the box through the door 0.

The operation is as follows: When the belt is on the loose pulley E, theother parts remain at rest. \Vhen the shaft is to be revolved forward,the belt is shipped from the pulley E to the pulley F. To reverse themotion the belt isshipped on the pulley D. 0

I am aware that it is not new to arrange up on a counter-shaft twovertical bevel-gears to engage a horizontally-suspended bevel-gear, thesaid shaft having pulleys adapted to be fixed and allowed to remainloose upon the said shaft, and therefore do not claim such devices,broadly.

Having described this invention, what I claim, and desire to securebyLetters Patent, is-

l. The combination, with the hanger-pin provided with the branch arms,and means, as

described, for connectingthe sameto the shaft, connected with the sleeveof the said shaft by H, of the oil-box, miter-gears arranged withinmeans of the transverse bolts, and the oil-box the same, and the sleeveLupon the said shaft, supported by means of the hanger-pin, subhavingvertical apertures,whereby the oil may stantially as specified.

5 be caught and distributed to various parts of In testimony whereofIafl'ix my signature in I 5 the shaft after being carried to the upperhoripresence of two witnesses.

zontal gear by the vertical gears, substan- CHARLES HENRYERUSSOM. tiallyas specified. Vitnesses:

2. The combination, with the shaft H, car- FORDYOE STORAR, 1o rying thepulleys I), E, and F, of the oil-box JOHN WARBURTON.

